Despite the attached certificate which shows a marriage between Caroline and Thomas, her surname remained Donaldson and she signed in that name when she registered Thomas' death declaring him to be single. There is also no mention of him on her death certificate. [S1]

In 1911, Emily has Charles Bellairs Alderson with her in Margate. In 1901, his father is Christopher - born 1877 in Canada - but Emily is listed as having had only 4 children one of whom is dead by 1911.

Lawrence left Mary when he returned home after a prolonged absence to find that she had had a daughter by another man. He took his children to South Africa and, after divorcing Mary, remarried. Mary had three more children by a John Peffers, followed by another three, and eventually married a David Stewart in 1901.